Typographical composing-machine.



A. HOYER.

TYPOGRAPHICAL COMPOSING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED MAY 23, 1914.

1,153,493. Patented-Sept. 14, 1915.

COLUMBIA PLANDGRAPH 60.. WASHINGTON, D. c.

ANTON HOYE R, OF.NEUKOLLN-BERLI1\T, GERMANY, ASSIGNOR 'TO MERGENTHALER LINO'IYPE COMPANY, A CORPORATION ,OF YORK.

TYPOGRAPHICAL COMPOSINEMACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patent dept14, 1915 Applicationfiled May 23, 1914. Seria1.N0.. 840,487.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known "that I, ANTON Hovnmasubject of the German Emperor, and residing at'lsarstrasse 11, III, Neukolln-Berlin, in the Empire of Germany, have invented new and useful Improvements in Typographical Composing-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relatesto improvements in typographical composing machines,

especially in those of the Mergenthaler type.

It consists in improved means for deal ing with copyin which a certain character, such as e, occurs so frequently that the operator at the keyboard of the machine is faced with the risk that his depressing the finger key for that character will not be followed by the release of a corresponding matrix from the magazine, for the reason that, at that moment, .all the corresponding matrices are out of the magazine,'that is, either in the assembling mechanism, the casting mechanisnior the distributing mechanism.

The term character is, for the purpose of this specification, to be understood as including spaces, which might not be considered characters in the strict meaning of the term, inasmuch as they do not print.

An English compositor emphasizes by composing in an italic face, but a German compositor emphasizes by inserting between each two adjacent letters a hair space, which for the purpose of this invention is also to be regarded as a matrix, and as he may have to emphasize an entire paragraph or even a page, it is clear that the risk will be a very real one for him. So the present invention provides for frequently occurring matrices whether their characters do or do not print.

It has been already proposed to prevent this risk by equipping a plurality of matrix channels in the magazine, with matrices of the said :character, in combination with an automatic shift adapted to connect the respective finger key with the escapements of the said channels in a regular sequence, and the present invention has for its specific object to provide improved mechanism for attaining a similar result and to do this while maintaining uniformity of touch throughout the whole of the finger keys involved.

The invention will now be described by reference to the aocompanymg drawings,

vices shownin Figs. 2 and 13; Figs. .2, .3 and 4 are drawn to a scale larger than that .to which Fig. l is drawn.

As in existing arrangements, there is provided for each channel of .the magazine 1 01 .2, a separate-escapement 3, and a separate escapement reed 4 .for actuating that escapement, and each .of these reeds may be actuated by a separate cam carriage .5, a portion of which is shown only in Fig. 2, whose operation is controlled by the respective finger key in the ordinary way. This finger key is .not shown in the drawings. The present invention, however, is in no way concerned with the just-named cam carriage and finger key, neither of which,

so far as the present invention is concerned,

need be provided in connection with the escapement reeds involved .in the combinationoperated in accordance with the said invention, the direct aim of the latter being to provide improved means whereby, through the successive actuations of one and the same finger key 6, Fig. .1, a series of such reeds can be operated successively. According to the present invention, the last named finger key 6, which, for the purposes of description, is herein regarded asa special finger key, in the well-known way, controls the release of a cam carriage 7, which, when released'by the depression of that special finger key, is first allowed to descent slightly, then caused :to ascend, and then again allowed to descend to normal position, all as in existing Mergenthaler line casting machines.

At the rear of the bank of escapement reeds 4, there is suitably journaled a horizontal rocking shaft 8, on which is secured an arm 9 to the vibratingend of which is pivoted a short downwardly-dependingtrod 10 whose lower end is situated just over, and in the path of the vibrating end of the cam carriage, 7. On the rocking shaft '8 there are also rigidly secured as many bent arms 11 as there are escapements to be successively operated by the special finger key .6,

T and these arms are so situated on the rock ing shaft S that their upwardly-directed ends 11 swing closely adjacent to the escapement reeds 4t appertaining to the said escapements. To each of these particular escapement reeds there is pivoted a downwardly-depending push rod 12 whose lower end is movable into and out of the path of the respective end 11 and whose upper end is provided with a rearwardly-extending arm 13 which is engaged by a cam disk 1 1 fast'on a rotatable shaft 15.- ceives'intermittent motion in rotary direction through a ratchet wheel 16 fast thereon, and a gravity pawl 17 engaging with that ratchet'wheel and pivoted on the be fore-described arm 9.

The cam disks 1 1 are so formed that when they occupy positions such as that in which the cam disk shown in Fig. 2 is represented, the arms 13 are accommodated in the recesses of those disks, and the respective push rods 12 hang immediately over the ends 11 of the corresponding arms 11, so that any ascent of those arms will cause a correspond ing operation of the respective escapement reeds 1. -When, on the contrary, the cam disks la'have been turned arcually so as to present to the arms 13 the proud portions thereof, intermediate of the just mentioned recesses, then the respective push rods 12 are held out of the paths of the ends 11 of the corresponding arms, as indicated in Fig.

1, and the operation of these arms will not.

affect the escapement reeds.

The above-named recesses of each cam disk 1 1 are staggered relatively to those of the other cam disk or other cam disks, so that, of the complete series of push rods 12, there can be only one at a time occupying a vertical position over its respective arm 11, such as that in which the push rod 12 is shown in Fig. 2, and consequently only the particular escapment reed a appertaining to that push rod can be actuated by the next rock of the shaft 8. 'In the arrangement illustrated, provision is made for delivering matrices from two magazine channels in alternation, for which reason there are provided two arms 11, and two cam disks 14 each having four recesses, and the ratchet wheel 16 is provided withas many teeth as there are recesses in both disks,

i. e. in the present instance eight; or the number ofthe said teeth may be a multiple of the sum of all the recesses.

It will now be seen that for each operation of the special finger key, the shaft 15 will be turned through 45 degrees and one or other of the push rods 12 will be acted upon by the respective arm 11 and consequently a matrix will be released from the magazine channel appertaining to the push rod thus acted upon. At the next operation of the finger key, the other push rod 12 This shaft re- I will be acted upon, and so on alternately, or, if there be more than. two magazine channels involved infthe .combination, then the push rods 12 appertaining thereto will be acted upon in succession.

Having thus described my invention, I de-.

clare that what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a typographical composingmachine,

the combination with a plurality of escapement reeds and "a corresponding plurality of simultaneously operating devices adapted to actuate them, of a single finger key controlling the operation of all of the said de-.

cause the said members to actuate the es- 7 capement reeds in alteration.

2. In a typographical composingmachine, the combination with a plurality of escapement reeds and a corresponding plurality of simultaneously operating devices adapted to actuate them, of a single finger key controlling the operation of all of the saiddevices, a plurality of members through which the escapement reeds are actuated'by their operating devices, and means operative to 7 cause the sald members to actuate the escapement reeds in succession.-

3. In a typographical composing machine, the combination with a plurality of escapement reeds and a corresponding plurality of simultaneously operating devices adapted to actuate them, of a single finger key controlling the operation of all of the said devices, a shaft partially rotated ateach operation of the finger key, a cam o'n this shaft for each of the escapement reeds and a rod on each such reed moved by the cam into and out of the path of the reed actuating devices.

4:. In a typographical composing machine, the combination with a plurality of escapement reeds, means operative to automatis cally actuate those escapement reeds, and finger keys controlling the operation of those means, of another finger key, a rocking shaft adapted to be rocked subject to the control of that finger key, a shaftpartially rotated-at each rock of the rocking shaft, cams fast on the said shaft, lifting devices for the escapement reeds fast to the rocking shaft, and devices on the escapement reeds moved by the cams'into and out of the'path' of the said'lifting devices.

'5. In a typographical composing machine, the combinationwitha plurality of escapement reeds, a rocking shaft, means operative.

to automatically rock that shaft, and a finger key controlling the. operation of the said means, of a rotatable, shaft partially rotated at eachrock of the rocking shaft, lifting devices. fast to the rocking shaft adapted to lift the escapement rods, cams fast on the rotatable shaft, and devices on the escapement reeds moved by the cams into and out of the path of the lifting devices.

6. In a typographical composing machine, the combination of a plurality of escapement reeds, a rocking shaft, means adapted to automatically rock that shaft, and a finger key controlling the operation of those means, of

a rotatable shaft, a ratchet wheel fast on that shaft, a pawl engaging the ratchet wheel and operatively connected to the rocking shaft, arms fast 011 the rocking shaft adapted to lift the escapement reeds, cams on the rotatable shaft and devices pivoted to the escapement reeds and moved by the cams into and out of the path of the lifting devices.

7. In a typographical machine, the combination of a plurality of escapement reeds, a corresponding plurality of operating devices therefor, a connecting member between each reed and its operating device, and automatic means for throwing said connecting members successively into and out of action.

8. In a typographical machine, the combination of a plurality of escapement reeds, a corresponding plurality of operating devices therefor, a finger key controlling said operating devices, a connecting member between each escapement reed and its operating device, and means controlled by the fin ger key for throwing said connecting members successively into and out of action.

9. In a typographical machine, the combination of a plurality'of escapement reeds, a corresponding plurality of operating devices therefor, mechanism for efiecting the actuation of the operating devices, a connecting member between each escapement reed and its operating device, and means controlled by the actuating mechanism for controlling the action of the connecting members.

10. In a typographical machine, the combination of a plurality of escapement actuating reeds, operating means therefor, a finger key controlling the action of said means, devices one for each reed for connecting the reeds to the operating means, and means controlled by the finger key for throwing said devices successively out of action.

11. In a typographical machine, the combination of a plurality of escapement reeds, operating means therefor, a member connected to each escapement reedand movable into'and out of operative relation to the operating means, and automatic means for moving said members successively into and out of operative relation to the operat- 1ng means.

12. In a typographical machine,the combination of a plurality of escapement reeds, operating means therefor, a member connected to each escapment reed and movable into and out of operative relation to the operating means, and a periodically rotated shaftprovided with a plurality of cams for moving the said members successively out of operative relation to the operating means.

13. In a typographical machine, the combination of a plurality of escapement reeds, operating means therefor, a member connected to each escapement reed and movable into and out of operative relation to the operating means, a finger key controlling the operating means, and automatic means for moving one of said members into and another out of operative relation to the operating means upon each actuation of the key.

14. In a typographical machine, the combination of a plurality of escapement reeds, operating 7 means therefor, a member con nected to each reed and movable into and out of operative relation to the operating means, and automatic means for controlling the action of said members, said means comprising a periodically rotated shaft having a series of toothed cams acting 011 said members, the said cams being staggered with relation to each other, for the purpose described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two witnesses.

ANTON I-IOY ER.

I Vitnesses HENRY HASPER, WOLDEMAR HAUPT.

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